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| - Fun_Boy_Three
- General_Public
- The_Colourfield
- The_Selecter
- The_Skabilly_Rebels
- The_Spatial_AKA_Orchestra
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| - NME Awards winners
- Musical groups established in 1977
- The Specials
- English New Wave musical groups
- 2 Tone Records artists
- Music in Coventry
- Second-wave ska groups
- English ska musical groups
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| abstract
| - The Specials (originally known as The Coventry Automatics, then later named The Special AKA) were the first band of the 2-Tone era in the late '70s and early '80s in Britain. Led musically by keyboardist Jerry Dammers, the band also comprised Terry Hall (lead vox), Neville Staple (vox/percussion), Lynval Golding (rhythm gtr/vox), Roddy %22Radiation%22 Byers (lead gtr), Sir Horace Gentleman (aka Horace Panter; bass), and John Bradbury (drums). From 1979 to 1981, they released seven singles, two of which (%22Too Much Too Young%22 & %22Ghost Town%22) got to #1. By the time %22Ghost Town%22 reached UK#1 on July 11, 1981 amidst massive street violence in the UK's major cities, The Specials had split. Jerry Dammers and John Bradbury continued under the name The Special AKA until 1985, as did Horace Panter to a certain extent. Roddy Byers left but made a guest appearance on one single, and Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding formed Fun Boy Three.
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| - The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Their music combines a %22danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude%22, and had a %22more focused and informed political and social stance%22 than other ska groups. The band wore mod-style %221960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits, and loafers).%22 In 1980, the song %22Too Much Too Young%22, the lead track on their The Special AKA Live! EP, reached number one in the UK. In 1981, the unemployment-themed single %22Ghost Town%22 also hit number one in the UK Singles Chart.After seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, several members of the group abruptly left to form the Fun Boy Three. Continuing on as %22The Special AKA%22 (a name they used frequently on earlier Specials releases), a substantially revised Specials line-up issued new material through 1984, including the top 10 UK hit single %22Free Nelson Mandela%22. Afterwards, founder and songwriter Jerry Dammers dissolved the band and pursued political activism.The group reformed in 1993, and have continued to perform and record with varying line-ups (but without Dammers).
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| - Special
- The Special
- Haiti Special
- Special AKA
- Special AKA Band
- Specials
- The Special A.K.A.
- The Special Aka
- The Specials AKA
- X Specials
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